The Disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection

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Last response: May 27, 2011 7:05 PM in Storage

reagan11

May 27, 2011 6:23:34 AM

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almartin

May 27, 2011 5:46:39 PM

Is there a switch on the drive to turn off write protection? If not you can try to reformat the drive by going to the command prompt and typing for example format e: or what ever your drive letter is. Make sure your drive is plugged in first before you do this.

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sminlal

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May 27, 2011 7:05:32 PM

This is the switch Almartin is talking about. Make sure it's positioned toward the end of the card with the metal contacts:

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